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Archeologists report that cannabis was most likely the first plant cultivated by humans. Cannabis was used for linen, paper, and garments.

In 2000, there were 1,579,566 drug arrests in the United States. Of those, close to half were for marijuana.

In the U.S., over 35 million people have used some sort of illegal drug in the last year.

Smokers are twice as likely to develop lower back pain than non-smokers.

The first drug to be sold in the form of a tablet is Aspirin.

The hormone replacement drug "Premarin" is made from the urine of pregnant horses.

The name of the first menthol cigarette in the United States was "Spud."

Tobacco contains over 50 chemicals that can cause cancer.

Tobacco kills more Americans each year than alcohol, cocaine, crack, heroin, homicide, suicide, car accidents, fire and AIDS combined.

LSD is made from lysergic acid, which is found in ergot, a type of fungus.
(Ergot is found in the mould that forms on: especially rye, nuts, pasta, cereals, grains and even alcoholic beverages. Ergot also plays a VERY big roll in alcoholism!!! Luckily for us, ergot is very easy to detox before you consume it... just add 1/4 teaspoon of vitamin C to the product and wait 5 minutes. You wont taste the vitamin C, but it would have killed and detoxed all the ergot and mould in the food. Mould is present in MOST dried foods even when we cant see it. Giving crisp breads or crackers to an alcoholic is extremely unadvised, since it is almost sure to cause a relapse.

This also links to the fact that many people get an almost instant headache from wine.... the ergot levels in wines (especially red) is very high, due to the fermentation process. Adding 1/4 teaspoon of Vitamin C powder to a bottle of wine will remove all the ergot within 5 minutes!!!!! Resulting in no more headaches from wine, as well as the fact that you wont get drunk so easily from wine... ergot + alcohol = a VERY strong intoxication liquid.